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On December 12, 2000, a controversial decision by the Supreme Court of the United States effectively ended the disputed presidential contest between George W.

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America is experiencing a boom of voluntarism and civic mindedness. Community groups are working together to clean up their cities and neighborhoods. People are rejoining churches, civic associations, and Little Leagues.

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This volumethe first of its kindseeks to promote a greater understanding of American thinking about faith and public office in a pluralistic society.

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The Bush administration's new proposal to broaden support for "faith-based" social programs has heated up a simmering debate. What are the congregations' proper roles in lifting up the poor What should their relationship with government be This text explores these questions.

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Public rhetoric in the United States has always laid heavy stress on the obligations of citizenship. Bill Clinton praised the idea of service, and so does George W.

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More than two hundred years have passed since the Constitution was written, yet Americans still cannot make up their minds whether religion is primarily private, public, or a combination of the two.

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Shows that the end of the Religious Right doesn't signal the decline of evangelical Christianity but rather its disentanglement from a political machine that sold it out to a narrow electoral agenda of such causes as opposition to gay marriage and abortion.